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Domino's Plans Pizza On the Moon
It may be more PR stunt than a viable expansion plan, but the Japanese arm of Domino's Pizza is making plans for a lunar store. Construction firm Maeda Corp has drawn-up the plans for the dome shaped restaurant and figures it will take 70 tons of materials and pizza-making equipment. Even with the cost cutting measure or using mineral deposits on the moon to make the concrete, Domino's estimates the costs at Y1.67 trillion ($21.7 billion). In 2001 rival chain Pizza Hut made a delivery to the International Space Station, but Domino's hopes to become the preferred pizza of space with the moon store plan.
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Is this an ad disguised as content?
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Since we're nowhere near having long-term colonization of the moon, and the summary actually acknowledges that this is a PR stunt why are getting this mentioned at all on Slashdot? This is ridiculous. There's no where near the tech level to easily put this sort of thing on the moon and there's no way the company will actually spend money to do this. Meanwhile all sorts of interesting science and technology developments are happening that aren't getting mentioned. For example, astronomers have discovered a star that doesn't fit with a lot of our theories of star formation http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831155340.htm. Or Slashdot could have given us another update on the ISS's current situation. Heck, if you need something with minimal actual scientific content you could have linked to this amusing video by the ISS crew about the matter http://www.universetoday.com/88559/iss-crew-provides-light-hearted-look-at-current-space-flight-plight/. Or you could talk about the new website devoted to the exploration of Mars by the Spirit and Opportunity http://www.universetoday.com/88562/driving-miss-spirit/. Stop wasting our time.
Almost as weird as a couple of bicycle mechanics making the first powered flying machine.
... of having pizza delivery kids handling vehicles at that speed. They drive fast enough as it is on earth. Just wait until their Hondas don't need to battle gravity...
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
Cheese, Grommit! Cheese!
And if you don't get that reference, then you haven't lived or you didn't grow up in the right generation.
The more you know, the more you have to say and the more you should listen.
Probably the earth's best first-line defense against an alien invasion.
Pizza so good, it's out of this world.
Life is not for the lazy.
IMO, while not as good as decent local places, the "new" Dominoes pizza is much better than it used to be.
Stupid sexy Flanders.
"Pizza companies don't make their own cars"
They don't?
"National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
No, it's a nice mediocre pizza.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
Pizza so bad, we had to get it as far away from you as possible....
Anything on the moon is a good idea. If there's one thing people need right now in the current recession, it's inspiration and a shared goal; what better than getting back to the moon?
(And before someone snipes my comment, I know it's not the only thing people need. But if it's a private business doing it, why the fuck not?)
It's better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.
- E. Debs
Oh, you mean like how GM buys Cummins engines, Monroe shocks, Lear Seats, Goodyear tires, etc. made to their specifications from suppliers, and then pays people to assemble them for them?
"National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
Giant steps are what they take
Delivering on the moon
I hope my pie's not cold
Delivering on the moon
He could walk forever
Delivering on the moon
My pizza could take forever
Delivering on, delivering on the moon
I'm really wondering why they're talking about 70 tons of stuff when 200 pounds of props plus a real contract with SpaceX to deliver from earth on demand would be just as effective at looking like a pizza restaurant, taken just as seriously, and used the same.
If video games influenced behavior the Pac Man generation would be eating pills and running away from their problems.
The sun is a few minutes away, namely 8.17 - 8.46.
I worked for Domino's two decades ago. They never actually were brazen enough to offer 15 min or free. Oh, and by the way, the reason they did that so freely, was because the DRIVER ate the cost of a late pizza.
And also, my manager very clearly ENCOURAGED ME TO BREAK THE LAW as a driver. There was nothing subtle about it. He pointed out streets that were known to have low or no traffic enforcement, and of course again I'd like to point out that 30 minutes or free meant that I the driver would pay $10 or $20 out of my own pocket if I couldn't get it there on time.
One reason I don't order Domino's ever. They as a corporation are pure fucking evil. I think the founder/owner is some sort of Teabag nutjob too. A real piece of work, er, shit, I mean.
Anyway, this is probably the lamest PR stunt I can picture. With any luck, Domino's as a company will have ceased to exist by the time we make a permanent residence on the Moon.
Again, I can't shit on them enough. Truly a despicable company. The founder is a blatant liar, and his corporate policies unmistakably lead to many, many, many totally avoidable traffic deaths and injuries.
One day I feel I'm ahead of the wheel / the next it's rolling over me / I can get back on / I can get back on
No one can hear you scream, and Domino's pizza has no taste.
Oh, wait, the second part's true on Earth, too.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
There is a problem with a restaurant on the moon: good food, but no atmosphere.
Even green, moldy, stale cheese would be more appetizing than the offal they are pushing.
I thought that was just ground up melted plastic milk jugs on top of some cardboard.
Time to offend someone
You forgot the one about the Ugandan who's trying to build a space shuttle.
Your stories, as are mine, are obviously anecdotal.
I also worked at Domino's Pizza, on & off, for about 8 years, at probably a dozen different locations (maybe more), in the late 80's/early 90's. There were numerous managers and Regional Directors I encountered during my stints with the company.
I was *NEVER* told, encouraged, or pressured to break any traffic laws. I was *NEVER* penalized about delivering pizzas late and giving the customer the $3 refund that was advertised (NOTE: Was never "or it's free" - was $3 off). My pay was *NEVER* reduced because of late deliveries.
While the founder of Domino's Pizza corporation took political stances I disagree with, I have no beefs with the company, the way they treated the employees, or their policies. In fact, I've got a lot of respect for the company, or at least for the franchiser I worked for (RPM Pizza, out of Mississippi).
It sounds to me like you worked for a short time, underneath a bad manager and/or regional director, which may have been a reflection of a bad franchise operator. I had a completely opposite experience.
Working off that idea it seems that they could do even better. Using real numbers, currently Dominos is offering 2 medium 2 toppings pizzas for $5.99 each. So for 21 billion dollars they could provide (at retail price) about 3,500,000,000 pizzas. No according to the US National Debt Clock people there are an estimated 13,823,423*people currently officially unemployed, so for each officially unemployed person could receive about 253 medium pizzas. If we use the real number of unemployed people which is listed as an estimated 24,553,586* then each person would receive about 142 pizzas. Going one step further if we used the total estimated US population of 312,116,629* each person would receive about 11 pizzas.
* These values are the estimated values provided by www.usdebtclock.org at the time of this writing.
Time to offend someone
I worked for 3 different Domino's locations, both busy and slow, I never had a manager the encouraged me to break the law. Many would talk about seatbelts and driver safety often around new drivers.
I never had to pay for a late pizza and never heard of it happening. Accounting for a reasonable drive time, many times it was late even before leaving the store, and we'd go out the door with the pie marked 'late'. As a driver, I liked to see the customer at 32 minutes, as one-dollar tip often turned into a three-dollar tip (more sometimes if when it was free). Sure, if you had nothing but unexpectedly late pizzas, you might not have a job. Also, and likely most importantly the delivery areas were generally well designed to allow for a safe speed, given a pie with enough time left.
Your experience might have been different, as my first stint as a driver (maybe 1984) included a lot of detail on speed, and we were specially told that some franchises were in trouble for pushing and 'fining' drivers. The owners of your franchise would have been taking a known lawsuit risk.
The force that blew the Big Bang continues to accelerate.
Calling that shit "pizza" is an insult to every decent pizza baker. The moon is not far enough - dump the whole franchise into a black hole and be done with it.
Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.
He made the moon run in less than 3 microparsec....
Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.
1.255 seconds on average.
...the Moon hits the sky, like big pizza pie....